FAMILY MEDIATION SOUTH LANARKSHIRE

🌳Matureactive

SC286436 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-06-21

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1000	1000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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address · AD01
2023-12-27
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accounts · AA
2023-03-01
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officers · AP01
2023-02-24
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officers · TM01
2023-02-24
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officers · TM01
2023-02-22
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WELSH, Linda appointed
director
2023-02-22
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GRAY, Lesley resigned
director
2023-02-22
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MCKAY, Allan, Sheriff resigned
director
2023-01-11
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accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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accounts · AA
2020-11-06
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officers · TM01
2020-11-04
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DWYER, Jacqueline resigned
director
2019-12-23
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accounts · AA
2019-12-12
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officers · TM01
2019-12-12
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officers · TM01
2019-12-11
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JONES, David resigned
director
2019-12-11
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MCROBERTS, Marie resigned
director
2019-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-01-22
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officers · AP01
2019-01-22
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officers · TM01
2018-12-12
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MCKAY, Allan, Sheriff appointed
director
2018-12-12
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MILLAR, Thomas Shanks, Sheriff resigned
director
2015-11-25
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SMALL, Harry Knight, Sheriff resigned
director
2014-11-26
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MILLAR, Thomas Shanks, Sheriff appointed
director
2013-11-28
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ROSS, Jane appointed
director
2012-11-28
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CHESTER, Elizabeth resigned
director
2012-11-28
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MCROBERTS, Marie appointed
director
2010-10-07
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BROPHY, Anne appointed
director
2009-08-06
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GRAY, David resigned
director
2006-01-26
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BROPHY, Anne appointed
secretary
2006-01-26
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ANDERSON, Dorothy resigned
secretary
2005-06-21
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Company incorporated
As FAMILY MEDIATION SOUTH LANARKSHIRE
2005-06-21
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GEORGE, Linda Elizabeth appointed
director
2005-06-21
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ANDERSON, Dorothy appointed
secretary
2005-06-21
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CHESTER, Elizabeth appointed
director
2005-06-21
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DWYER, Jacqueline appointed
director
2005-06-21
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GRAY, David appointed
director
2005-06-21
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GRAY, Lesley appointed
director
2005-06-21
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JONES, David appointed
director
2005-06-21
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SMALL, Harry Knight, Sheriff appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-06-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Hamilton Business Centre

194 Quarry Street

Hamilton

South Lanarkshire

ML3 6QR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (5 active · 10 resigned)

BROPHY, Anne→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-26

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Active

BROPHY, Anne→

director · ~58y · appointed 2010-10-07

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Active

GEORGE, Linda Elizabeth→

director · ~75y · appointed 2005-06-21

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Active

ROSS, Jane→

director · ~68y · appointed 2013-11-28

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Active

WELSH, Linda→

director · ~66y · appointed 2023-02-22

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Active

ANDERSON, Dorothy→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2006-01-26

Resigned

CHESTER, Elizabeth→

director · ~70y · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2012-11-28

Resigned

DWYER, Jacqueline→

director · ~65y · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2020-11-04

Resigned

GRAY, David→

director · ~64y · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2009-08-06

Resigned

GRAY, Lesley→

director · ~75y · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2023-02-22

Resigned

JONES, David→

director · ~75y · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2019-12-11

Resigned

MCKAY, Allan, Sheriff→

director · ~65y · appointed 2018-12-12 · resigned 2023-02-22

Resigned

MCROBERTS, Marie→

director · ~58y · appointed 2012-11-28 · resigned 2019-12-11

Resigned

MILLAR, Thomas Shanks, Sheriff→

director · ~72y · appointed 2014-11-26 · resigned 2018-12-12

Resigned

SMALL, Harry Knight, Sheriff→

director · ~67y · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2015-11-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

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2025-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-12-19

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-12-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-22

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-03-01

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-02-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-01-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-01-06